The Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) is one of the University of Kentucky's multidisciplinary research centers. Its energy research provides a focal point for environmental, renewable and fossil fuels research in Kentucky.

At the recent 23rd North American Catalysis Society conference, Burt Davis received a joint award from the group and the Tri-State Catalysis Society (TSCS) for his Fifty Years of Dedicated Service to the Catalysis Society and his Documenting and Archiving the History of Catalysis. As the current president of TSCS, CAER's Uschi Graham had the pleasure of presenting the award.